Finance Director - Commodities

City of London Permanent View Job Description
A senior financial management role looking after the group's financial reporting systems, processes, and controls, ensuring all financial and external reports are timely and accurate ultimately supporting this global organisations continued growth.
  • Interesting opportunity in fast growing global business
  • Opportunity to leverage banking products and financial acumen

About Our Client

A global financial services organisation.

Job Description

As finance director you will be responsible for;

  • Communicating and liaising effectively with the senior management, Boards, the business and external clients.
  • Developing and maintaining good relationships with stakeholders - including department heads and parent company contacts.
  • Responsible for the Group's financial reporting systems, processes and controls.
  • Ensuring all financial reporting to the Executive Committees and Boards is of a high quality and is complete, accurate
  • Ensuring all external reporting is thoroughly reviewed and accurate (including financial statements; tax returns; regulatory capital requirements).
  • Managing the annual budget process and year end process; including planning and ongoing financial forecasting.
  • Overseeing the Group's tax affairs, including managing the relationship with tax advisers and HMRC.
  • Overseeing the calculation and monitoring of regulatory capital requirements including supporting annual regulatory risk-based capital assessments.
  • Providing oversight, challenge and direction to Finance department's management team and oversee the training and development of Finance staff.
  • Leading and/or support the identification and implementation of finance system and process improvements
  • Ensuring financial controls are robust and support the Finance Function management team in driving continuous improvement.
  • Managing relationships with auditors and tax advisers.

The Successful Applicant

The ideal candidate will:

  • Be an ACA qualified accountant from financial services
  • Have experience of IFRS and technical accounting
  • Have experience of ERP systems, Oracle and Hyperion would be ideal
  • Have a proven track record in managing and developing teams
  • Experience of working in a group function of a global financial services business would be an advantage, as would dealing with international stakeholders



What's on Offer

An exciting opportunity to join a global financial services business at an exciting time on their growth journey.

Contact
Nina Buttle
Quote job ref
JN-012025-6644391
Phone number
+44 207 645 1413

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Financial Director / CFO
Sector
Financial Services
Location
City of London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Nina Buttle
Consultant phone
+44 207 645 1413
Job reference
JN-012025-6644391